Recipe Makes for 4-6 Servings:

2 onions, peeled

1 tsp shrimp paste

1/2 cup young green tamarind, washed

1/2 tsp salt

1 tbsp dried shrimp, soaked and ground

2 bird's-eye chilies, finely sliced

1 tsp chopped thayetkin root (optional)

1 tbsp oil

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400F. Bake the onions and shrimp paste for 10 minutes and set aside.


Scrape the skin off the green tamarind. Grind the green tamarind with the salt ina  mortar. Add the onion, shrimp paste and the rest of the ingredients to the mortar and grind to a paste.




For the adventurous palate, a great side dish that compliments this recipe is Jaew Bong.  Discover more about Jaew Bong, check out www.jaewbong.com.



Enjoy..